The USS Donald Cook sails through the Bosporus in Istanbul, en route to the Black Sea, April 10, 2014. AP
- The Navy has denied a report that it cancelled an operation in the Black Sea after President Donald Trump complained about it.
- A former State Department Ukraine specialist told lawmakers on Tuesday that the Navy was planning a “freedom-of-navigation operation” in the Black Sea in January but scrapped upon the White House’s request.
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President Donald Trump once called his former national security adviser at home to cancel an upcoming Navy operation after watching a cable news report, a career diplomat recently told members of Congress, but it doesn’t appear to have stopped any planned missions.
https://www.businessinsider.com/navy-denies-canceling-black-sea-operation-at-trumps-request-2019-11
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